When Seyed Saman Khedmatgozar Dolati first arrived at FIU, he didn't have any published journal papers. Now, the Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering has authored more than 20, and he wants to help ...

Make sure your proposal is original, well-written and can be understood by an educated layperson. Ask a friend from outside of your department to read your proposal and explain its significance.

This workshop first explores what counts as academic writing, then presents 15 tools and tips to help you as a graduate student writer develop productive practices to sustain you through your graduate ...

The Writing Center offers a suite of services for graduate students including standard 50-minute one-to-one sessions through our main appointment schedule, workshops, and extended writing support in ...

The two essays most commonly associated with graduate school applications are the statement of purpose and the personal statement. This is an opportunity for you to connect more deeply with both the ...

Florianne Jimenez is a PhD student in composition and rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also works at the UMass Writing Center as a Consultant on Multilingual Writing. You can ...

Academic writing is a skill many graduate students will need at some point in their careers, especially if they end up at a research-focused university. It is often assumed that graduate students ...

The Graduate GWAR is a CSU wide requirement that should be completed by graduate students before advancing to candidacy. The purpose of the GWAR is for students to demonstrate their proficiency at ...

We provide individualized support for writers in four formats: In–person: The heart of our services, come to 17 Norton and sit with one of our PhD consultants and talk about your writing. Virtual: If ...

The Writing & Speaking Center offers graduate students appointments with any of our consultants. Graduate students may use a total of 3.75 hours of support a week, which can be used in 45-minute to ...